Strategic alternatives to HS2 Phase 2b
- development of strategic options for serving HS2 destinations via other routes;
- continued liaison and undertaking of workshops with stakeholders such as Network Rail and DfT;
- developed train service specifications for the different options with accompanying high-quality diagrams; and,
- used extensive industry knowledge and experience to identify appropriate enabling schemes.
- subcontracting agreements to deliver technical excellence on the establishing of some of the schemes;
- an approach and method for calculating the journey times of the alternative options;
- a model to calculate the required rolling stock to run each option;
- inputted train service specifications into the PLANET Framework Model (PFM) to test the impact of the alternative service patterns;
- approaches for taking into account wider strategic impacts of the options including network and rolling stock capacity; punctuality and reliability, disruption and the environment; • developed detailed cost estimates of the schemes using industry standard approaches through collaborative working with Faithful and Gould; and,
- an appraisal model to take into account the outputs from the capital costs, operating costs and PFM model.
- a flexible, agile and resilient project team to deliver quality results against tight deadlines;
- a comprehensive list of schemes considered necessary to deliver each alternative option;
- detailed cost estimates for each option, in terms of operating, rolling stock and capital costs;
- an assessment of the outputs from PFM for each option, including the economic and wider economic benefits;
- regular and ongoing stakeholder relations to reflect processes within Network Rail and DfT;
- a technical assessment of the impact of the options on network capacity, on-train capacity, punctuality and reliability, disruption and the environment;
- an appraisal of each option incorporating costs and benefits; and,
- a comprehensive summary report for publishing as part of the HS2 Phase 2b document suite, released in November 2016.
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